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Hamptons names new regional sales director

Hamptons has appointed Chris Randall as regional sales director, overseeing the businesses South West and West London regions.  He takes over from...

22 August 2024

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - walking tall

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

16 August 2024

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - some cracking charitable endeavours

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

05 April 2024

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - reaching for the sky

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

22 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - breaking the budget for good causes

Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...

08 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Luxury agent boosts country offering

United Kingdom Sotheby’s International Realty is ramping up its offering with a new countryside office situated just outside of Cobham in...

27 February 2024

From: Breaking News

Revealed! The happiest place to live in Great Britain

The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...

06 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Agency produces controversial league table of ‘best towns’

Savills and the Daily Telegraph newspaper have combined to produce a league table of what they claim to be Britain’s 50...

11 July 2023

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - for the kids

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

16 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - toughening up for good causes

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

26 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - making waves

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

10 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

31 January 2023

From: Breaking News

Rental Crisis - Time To Blame The Real Culprit

If journalists believed everything they received in their inboxes, you’d be forgiven for thinking the private rental sector was a shiny,...

21 January 2023

From: Features

Agents refute making obscene gestures towards Kwasi Kwarteng

One of the stranger stories emerging from the fallout of Kwasi Kwarteng’s sacking last Friday has been news that someone in...

19 October 2022

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - Doing it for Dom and more

Agents have been putting their hands in their pockets and getting active for plenty of good causes over the past week. If...

30 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Fine & Country opens new branch by the Thames

Another ‘prestigious’ London location has been added to the Fine & Country roster, with Teddington the latest to open a branch...

09 August 2022

From: Breaking News

London exodus: Record share of first-time buyers look beyond the capital

A record share of buyers are leaving London to purchase their first home, research shows. Analysis by Hamptons found that a record...

01 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news

There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

30 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Revealed - London’s busiest housing markets

An estate agency has revealed which London boroughs have been the busiest in terms of the number of homes sold as...

19 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Sellers flee London in record numbers as market elsewhere booms

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...

29 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Vendors In The Money - Britain’s most expensive streets revealed

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

22 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Tragedy as well-known industry expert dies suddenly

The founder and managing director of FCS Compliance, Jerry Walters, has died suddenly. A statement from the company says he died during...

01 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Q&A with Jerry Walters – why the AML clock is ticking for letting agents

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

22 May 2021

From: Features

Appeal to self-employed agents to join hub-style operation

One of the earliest London agencies to adopt a hub-style operation with self-employed agents working on a high commission basis, has...

29 April 2021

From: Breaking News

Biggest stamp duty savings identified by estate agency

A study by estate agency Coulters has revealed which areas of the country make the biggest savings courtesy of the stamp...

22 February 2021

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - 2020’s final look at movers and shakers

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

14 December 2020

From: Breaking News

Rightmove finds its happy (there are pasties and cream teas)

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...

25 November 2020

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - the latest movers and shakers for the industry

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...

28 September 2020

From: Breaking News

Tragedy as property industry titan dies suddenly

One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...

29 June 2020

From: Breaking News

Almost half of agency’s new recruits have no property experience

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

16 June 2020

From: Breaking News

20 Years of LonRes - The changing face of prime central London

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

06 June 2020

From: Features

Try Before You Buy! Online agency wants purchasers to live at properties

An online agency which is free to list for vendors says it wants prospective buyers to stay in the property they...

03 December 2019

From: Breaking News

Revealed - agents who won some of the year’s most coveted awards

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...

26 November 2019

From: Breaking News

Family-run agency announces first of four new London branches

Independent family-run agency Kalmars, which currently has just one office in the capital, has revealed the first of four new branches...

22 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Is stamp duty to blame for a 20% drop in transactions in some areas?

An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...

19 September 2019

From: Breaking News

Three top online chiefs abandon sector and buy into full-fee agency

Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...

09 September 2019

From: Breaking News

Property Natter - what’s it like to work for the world’s biggest agency?

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

27 July 2019

From: Features

Sellers are back with a vengeance, according to online agency

Sellers are back with a vengeance according to figures from online agency HouseSimple.  It claims the Brexit date extension has given sellers...

12 June 2019

From: Breaking News

Prime rural prices see largest fall for five years thanks to Brexit

At the end of a week consisting of largely depressing market reports, new data from Knight Frank suggests that the bad...

09 April 2019

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - and it's been a remarkable week…

Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week.  While it may...

22 February 2019

From: Breaking News

London sales market on the road to recovery ... thanks to the rental sector

A property platform that has chronicled the London sales market’s problems in recent years says the recovery will start in 2020...

22 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Big sole agency deal won by hub agent thanks to social media

A firm which recently joined the ‘hub club’ of agencies using centralised services offices says its won a major new build...

17 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - the first industry moves of 2019

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...

07 January 2019

From: Breaking News

New 'market centres' to be opened in south of England by US agency

Estate Agent Today can reveal that US-owned franchise agency Keller Williams has ‘soft-opened’ two new market centres in the south of...

02 January 2019

From: Breaking News

'Co-Marketing' - two more agencies agree to list properties jointly

A sales and lettings agency specialising in waterside property along the Thames is linking up with a larger business to co-market...

26 November 2018

From: Breaking News

Online agent blames Brexit, legal fees and stamp duty for supply slump

There was a drop in the number of new listings across the UK last month, suggesting that the usual autumn rush to...

09 November 2018

From: Breaking News

Bailiff’s notice in agency window signals another London branch closure

Another high profile estate agency office in London has closed - this time a branch of Winkworth.  The Richmond branch has been...

19 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Foxtons shuts another office, relocating team to nearby branch

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Foxtons has closed another London agency office - this time at Barnes in the borough...

09 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Peter Joseph, CEO of The Moving Hub

Home is where ? - Recently moved actually, live in a lovely house that looks over the Thames Estuary. I love...

06 August 2018

From: 60 Second Interview

Property Jobs Today - the latest moves within our industry...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today, the regular Monday round-up of moves and changes in our industry. Do please let us...

25 June 2018

From: Breaking News

A third of homes have asking prices slashed by £25,000 says portal

Asking prices are being cut more heavily than at any time in the past six years says Zoopla.  It says just over...

19 December 2017

From: Breaking News

The winners are.... this year's Relocation Agent Network awards

Members of the Relocation Agent Network are celebrating after a successful annual awards event in London, combined with keynote conference sessions...

22 November 2017

From: Breaking News

Inspirational agent receives excellence award from foster charity

An inspirational young estate agent from Henley-on-Thames has received a prestigious national award for young people who have experience of living...

03 November 2017

From: Breaking News

Rightmove names the UK's happiest place - and it's...

Leamington Spa in Warwickshire has been named as the happiest place to live in Great Britain in Rightmove’s 2017 Happy at...

11 October 2017

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - the best foot forward edition...

Every week we remain in awe of the charity fund-raising undertaken by our industry - and often forgotten by those who...

04 August 2017

From: Breaking News

Over a third of London homes on sale have cut asking prices - claim

More than a third of the homes in London currently on the market have had their asking prices reduced according to...

25 July 2017

From: Breaking News

Enjoy Glastonbury? Now one agent says it can boost house prices...

It’s the morning after the festival before for the 150,000 estimated revellers who enjoyed the Glastonbury Festival which drew to a...

26 June 2017

From: Breaking News

Savills snaps up independent to take UK branch network to 90

Savills has acquired Granville Residential, an independent agency covering the high-end Marlow, Maidenhead, Bourne End and Cookham areas in Berkshire and...

12 April 2017

From: Breaking News

Inquiry rules shock or dry-drowning responsible for agent's death

An inquest has ruled that the death of an estate agent was caused by shock or dry-drowning. Twenty-eight-year-old Daniel Hutton died last...

24 January 2017

From: Breaking News

Revealed: the UK's most expensive streets where you can buy a home...

Eaton Square, in the heart of London’s wealthy Belgravia district, has been crowned the most expensive street in England and Wales,...

30 December 2016

From: Breaking News

Ex-Countrywide trio now in rival agency's management team

Three former staff members of Countrywide have been recruited to management positions in Haart.  James Dowling, Jason Carlisle and Matthew Jenvey are...

12 October 2016

From: Breaking News

Let’s take the higher ground on foreign workers and buyers

Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...

07 October 2016

From: Features

OnTheMarket announces latest multi-branch agency to join portal

  OnTheMarket says Andrew Milsom Estate Agents, a six branch agency in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, has joined the portal.   The website says the...

02 September 2016

From: Breaking News

Estate agent becomes a hero by saving man from drowning

The head of Oasis estate agency in Staines has become a hero after saving a man from drowning after a pair...

19 July 2016

From: Breaking News

Property Natter: flashmobs, a Spice Girls tribute band and girls on stilts

The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...

08 July 2016

From: Features

Charles R Wright, Easymatch Founder

Who are you? I’m the champion of local owner managed estate agents, leading them in the fight to beat the competition   What...

03 May 2016

From: 60 Second Interview

Agency recruitment consultancy beefs up key south east team

Rayner Personnel is increasing its firepower in the key south east of England recruitment market with the announcement that husband and...

03 May 2016

From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket rebel agents invited to meet legal representatives next month

Agent members of OnTheMarket who contacted an action group set up following grievances about the portal have been invited to a...

19 April 2016

From: Breaking News

Consultant utterly inundated with 200 contacts from OnTheMarket agents

The agency industry consultant who has volunteered to coordinate responses to OnTheMarket’s legal warnings to estate agents say he has been...

12 April 2016

From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket: consultant sets up action group of disillusioned member agents

An industry consultant says he has been asked to form an action group OnTheMarket member agents who are disillusioned with the...

11 April 2016

From: Breaking News

London: some areas see a third of homes on sale cut their asking prices

An analysis of homes on sale in every borough of London shows up to a third of properties in some areas...

11 April 2016

From: Breaking News

What's going on at Countrywide – will retail work for estate agency?

What Countrywide are getting at is that they want to think more like retailers to engage better with customers.  If this is...

01 April 2016

From: Features

Agency Mentors service to advise on agents' exit strategies

Respected industry trainer Adam Walker is teaming up with Iain White of Agency Mentors to offer seminars, webinars and one-to-one advice...

10 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Chris Coates, Oakford Homes MD

Who are you? Chris Coates What does it say on your business card? Chris Coates As a small team we don’t have a hang up...

16 February 2016

From: 60 Second Interview

Ex-Romans and ex-Greene & Co directors team up to offer agency training

Two senior figures from major agencies have teamed up to form a new training operation called Agency Mentors.  Iain White, a former...

12 February 2016

From: Breaking News

New listings on Rightmove plummet 21% in just one month

New property listings on Rightmove plummeted by 21.5 per cent across the UK in November according to an analysis made by...

09 December 2015

From: Breaking News

The enduring allure of the UK's historic homes

The UK is filled with popular historic locations. Naturally, Surrey is a popular choice for buyers looking for homes with historic...

27 November 2015

From: Features

Boom with a view: agency quantifies premiums for seeing the Thames

Cluttons claims homes for sale on the River Thames or with Thames views can command premiums of up to 67 per...

27 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Property Natter: Quirky views, website traffic and a love affair with 'hybrid'

I’m writing this from the brand spanking new Center Parks in Woburn Forest. Set within 365 acres of lush Bedfordshire forest,...

23 October 2015

From: Features

Agents Do Charity - the late September edition

It's only one month before the clocks change so agents have been cramming in their good works before the worst of...

25 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Fast-expanding estate agency group snaps up another company

The Romans Group has confirmed its fourth acquisition of the year - it has now merged with Campsie’s residential and commercial...

18 September 2015

From: Breaking News

Growing agency claims to be strongest property brand in its area

Estate agency Romans has claimed that it is the 'strongest property brand' in the Thames Valley.  The Romans Group recently commissioned a...

20 August 2015

From: Breaking News

Agency rapped again over data protection

An estate agent that reportedly left a client’s passport and tax information in the street over 18 months ago has been...

27 July 2015

From: Breaking News

Agency backs Zoopla in continuing spat with OTM

The ex-Savills and ex-Romans agent who heads the estate agency Capital & Coastal, Michael Riley has stepped into the row between...

19 May 2015

From: Breaking News

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